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* gpg.sgml: Reminders that --cipher-algo, --digest-algo, and

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--compress-algo should be avoided.
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2006-04-18 David Shaw <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
* gpg.sgml: Reminders that --cipher-algo, --digest-algo, and
--compress-algo should be avoided.
2006-04-11 Michael Roth <mroth@nessie.de> (wk)
* gpg.sgml (passphrase-fd): Explain that only the first line is used.

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@ -2159,10 +2159,13 @@ Maximum depth of a certification chain (default is 5).
<varlistentry>
<term>--cipher-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName; as cipher algorithm. Running the program
with the command --version yields a list of supported
algorithms. If this is not used the cipher algorithm is
selected from the preferences stored with the key.
Use &ParmName; as cipher algorithm. Running the program with the
command --version yields a list of supported algorithms. If this is
not used the cipher algorithm is selected from the preferences stored
with the key. In general, you do not want to use this option as it
allows you to violate the OpenPGP standard.
--personal-cipher-preferences is the safe way to accomplish the same
thing.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@ -2170,7 +2173,10 @@ selected from the preferences stored with the key.
<term>--digest-algo &ParmName;</term>
<listitem><para>
Use &ParmName; as the message digest algorithm. Running the program
with the command --version yields a list of supported algorithms.
with the command --version yields a list of supported algorithms. In
general, you do not want to use this option as it allows you to
violate the OpenPGP standard. --personal-digest-preferences is the
safe way to accomplish the same thing.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
@ -2193,7 +2199,10 @@ compression results than that, but will use a significantly larger
amount of memory while compressing and decompressing. This may be
significant in low memory situations. Note, however, that PGP (all
versions) only supports ZIP compression. Using any algorithm other
than ZIP or "none" will make the message unreadable with PGP.
than ZIP or "none" will make the message unreadable with PGP. In
general, you do not want to use this option as it allows you to
violate the OpenPGP standard. --personal-compress-preferences is the
safe way to accomplish the same thing.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>